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Parent (disambiguation)

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A parent is a caretaker of offspring in their own species, such as a mother or father.

Parent or parents may also refer to:

Places

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Entertainment and publishing

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Film and TV

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People

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Other uses

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  • Parent bug, Elasmucha grisea, a shield bug
  • Parent chain, in organic chemistry, an unbranched compound
  • Parent class, in object-oriented programming
  • Parent company, a company that owns enough voting stock to control another firm
  • Parent drug, similar to metabolites of drugs
  • Parent (military), a larger military unit (garrison, ship, or air force station) controlling a smaller subordinate unit
  • Parent node, a node directly connected to another node in a tree data structure
  • Parent peak, a mountain of higher elevation connected to another peak

See also

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